Child criminal exploitation and cuckooing under the Crime and Policing Bill: Offences and Defences

Tony Ward; Shahrzad Fouladvand; Richard Vogler

Child criminal exploitation and cuckooing under the Crime and Policing Bill: Offences and Defences

Tony Ward, Shahrzad Fouladvand, Richard Vogler

Northumbria Law School

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Abstract

Discusses provisions in the Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26 introducing the offences of child criminal exploitation and cuckooing and considers whether a new defence is required to protect victims who commit unlawful acts as a consequence of their exploitation. Acknowledges that their actions may not fall within the remit of the defences linked to modern slavery, human trafficking, forced labour or servitude, or dures

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	728-742
Number of pages	15
Journal	Criminal Law Review
Volume	12
Publication status	Published - 14 Nov 2025

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Keywords

Children
defences
Exploitative conduct
victims as offenders

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Child criminal exploitation and cuckooing under the Crime and Policing Bill: Offences and Defences

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